dirge

Who acts: dirge, people, Muses, She · What happens: be, sing, die, chant, fall · To what, where: slow sad song, dirge, funeral dirge, low dirge, fallen rover

«dirge» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: dirge in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dirge is a slow, sad song sung for someone who has died.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dirge	det
2	dirge	dirge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 song	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 song	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 song	det
5	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 song	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 slow	punct
7	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 song	amod
8	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 song	acl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 someone	case
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 sung	obl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 died	nsubj
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 died	aux
14	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 someone	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 song	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dirge	a slow sad song		tree rules
2	sing speech: express	participle		a slow sad song not said here	for someone	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for someone=Recipient
3	die	present · perfect				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Example 1

The people sang a dirge for the dead king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dirge	det
5	dirge	dirge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sang	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 king	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 king	amod
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sang	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the people	a dirge				for the dead king	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dirge=Theme for king=Beneficiary

Example 2

The Muses chanted a funeral dirge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Muses	det
2	Muses	muse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chanted	nsubj
3	chanted	chant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dirge	det
5	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dirge	compound
6	dirge	dirge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chanted	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chant	past	the Muses	a funeral dirge					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirge=Topic

Example 3

She sang a low dirge over the fallen rover.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dirge	det
4	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dirge	amod
5	dirge	dirge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 rover	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rover	det
8	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 rover	amod
9	rover	rover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She	a low dirge		the fallen rover			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dirge=Theme
2	fall	participle							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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